The twister left a mile-long path of damage at the land of neighbours Cormac Smyth and Mary McManus on the Corraghy Road area.
Focus on Fitness: SMART GYM
Name: Michal Ihnat Business: Smart Gym, Lisnaskea How did you become a gym owner? It was always a dream of mine to own a gym to provide a local service that people deserve. I come from a bodybuilding background and have a degree in nutrition. With over forty years combined experience between me and my […]
Kettyle’s beef is always a cut above the rest
WHEN you’re supplying beef and meat on a weekly basis to the likes of famous chefs Gordon Ramsey and Michael Deane, you know you must be doing something right. Since 2004, Kettyle Irish Foods, established by Lisnaskea farmer Maurice Kettyle, has become a leading force in the supplying of high-end beef to some of the top […]
Ted shares lung cancer journey to help others
IT’S one of the scariest diagnoses a patient can get, but with the right support, proper awareness, and ever-advancing treatments, lung cancer doesn’t have to be a life sentence, even at its later stages. That’s the message from Derrylin man Ted O’Driscoll who has been living with Stage 3 lung cancer for over six years now. He has called for a […]
Lisnaskea loses its last remaining bank
Ulster Bank has cited the fact fewer customers had been using the branch as a reason for its closure.
Caring Eimir ‘an absolute angel on Earth’
AN outpouring of emotion has swept the county this week after a dedicated midwife and former Fermanagh GAA player lost her courageous battle with kidney cancer. Eimir Martin, 35, from Lisnaskea, had been battling the disease for 15 years and died in the early hours of Monday morning. “Eimir never let her illness stop her from doing anything. She […]
‘Underdogs’ tag suits ’Skea, says McCaffrey
LISNASKEA goalkeeper Ethan McCaffrey knows that his side is going to be up against it when they take on the fancied Arva in Saturday’s Ulster Junior Football Championship semi-final, but it’s a challenge that the Emmett’s shot-stopper and his teammates are relishing. “A lot of people might see us as underdogs and that might be […]
Reihill praises team’s character
LISNASKEA manager John Reihill praised his team’s character and resolve after the Emmetts staged a spirited comeback in O’Donnell Park on Saturday to book their spot in an Ulster Championship semi-final. Played in Letterkenny, the Fermanagh champions found themselves six points down to Na Rossa midway through the third quarter, but the Emmett’s fought back […]
Reihill ready for ‘difficult’ Ulster opener
‘WE’RE going to give it a go,’ says Lisnaskea boss John Reihill as the Emmett’s prepare to enter the Ulster Championship for the first time in 12 years. Following a comprehensive 19-point win over Aghadrumsee in the Fermanagh Junior Football Championship Final, confidence is high in the Lisnaskea camp and Reihill wants his side to […]
Postboxes for letters to lost loved ones
MEMORIAL postboxes allowing people to send ‘letters to loved ones in heaven’ have been unveiled at the Parish of Aghalurcher in Fermanagh to help the bereaved cope with their grief. The white postboxes have been erected at the entrance of St Mary’s, Maguiresbridge, and Holy Cross, Lisnaskea, graveyards. The white ‘Letters to Heaven’ postboxes will give parishioners the chance to […]